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Delivered by Karen Cunningham, Head of Glasgow Libraries, Culture & Sport Glasgow at the Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS), which took place 1-3 June 2009.
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GETTING GLASGOW READING
KAREN CUNNINGHAM
HEAD OF GLASGOW LIBRARIES
Gallus Glaswegian
What’s in a name?GlasgwegianParticipationLibrary basedProfile local writersLiteracy
The Festival Experience
The MitchellBrandingCafé barBookshopBorrowingGreen room
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
• Free transport - Class Connections• Over 13,000 Children• Over 130 weekday sessions from nursery
to secondary school.• Books to Go • Poetry Slam• Groups from over 180 schools, homework
clubs and family centres attended. • 68% from SIP areas
Poetry Slam
6 Glasgow schools4 Local authorities700 children
Audience Growth
•2005 - 15,000 participants•2009 – 28,000 participants• A further 10,000 people came to the
Mitchell to browse and buy in the bookshop use the festival café and soak up the atmosphere
Over 60,000 People Took Part
Main Programme
28,000
School's Programme
13,000
City-Wide Read 20,000
From pre-fives to over 70’s all age groups took part
aged 31-50
39.2%
aged 16-30
16.9%
aged over 51
44%
Adult Non Fiction (9.7% Increase)
500,000
520,000
540,000
560,000
580,000
600,000
Adult Non Fiction 528,822 580,173
2008 2009
68% of children/young people participating in the education programme came from socially disadvantaged areas.
GET GLASGOW READING
“Give your kid a better chance”
Our kids aren’t bad, they just need a bit more support
Great Books to Read Aloud
Read Together
Bounce and RhymeToddlers TalesStory TimesNursery visitsWeb site
Enough books
Junior Fiction (9.6% Increase)
480,000
490,000500,000
510,000520,000
530,000540,000
550,000560,000
570,000
Junior Fiction 508,797 557,485
2008 2009
Services for schools
StorytellingEducation VisitsReading ChallengeICT VisitsFiction VisitsLibrary Tours
Anne Frank Exhibition
History of Glasgow Bus Tour
Welcome and IntroductionBurnsMitchell LibraryScots WordPoemScots Language QuizPoemChildren’s songs and poems
Scots Wha Hae• Welcome• Mitchell Library• Patron saints• Flag• Other Scottish Symbols• Famous Battles• Quiz
From knife crime City to Reading City